[PATCH 1/2] misc: xilinx_sdfec: Use memdup_user() rather than duplicating its implementation

From: Markus Elfring
Date: Tue Nov 05 2019 - 13:54:47 EST


From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2019 19:09:15 +0100

Reuse existing functionality from memdup_user() instead of keeping
duplicate source code.

Generated by: scripts/coccinelle/api/memdup_user.cocci

Fixes: 20ec628e8007ec75c2f884e00004f39eab6289b5 ("misc: xilinx_sdfec: Add ability to configure LDPC")
Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/misc/xilinx_sdfec.c | 11 +++--------
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/xilinx_sdfec.c b/drivers/misc/xilinx_sdfec.c
index 11835969e982..a622fcf4954a 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/xilinx_sdfec.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/xilinx_sdfec.c
@@ -649,14 +649,9 @@ static int xsdfec_add_ldpc(struct xsdfec_dev *xsdfec, void __user *arg)
struct xsdfec_ldpc_params *ldpc;
int ret, n;

- ldpc = kzalloc(sizeof(*ldpc), GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!ldpc)
- return -ENOMEM;
-
- if (copy_from_user(ldpc, arg, sizeof(*ldpc))) {
- ret = -EFAULT;
- goto err_out;
- }
+ ldpc = memdup_user(arg, sizeof(*ldpc));
+ if (IS_ERR(ldpc))
+ return PTR_ERR(ldpc);

if (xsdfec->config.code == XSDFEC_TURBO_CODE) {
ret = -EIO;
--
2.24.0